105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Braen Stone Industries

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Braen Stone Industries, 217 Limecrest Road, LAFAYETTE, NEW JERSEY 07848 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..

An employee was cleaning and changing out a winterized auger that seemed to be clogged. The screw in the pipe caught three of the employee's fingers, causing them to be amputated.

Hospitalized Amputation Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. Drilling machines, drilling augers

This is a mining-sector employer (NAICS 212311). For MSHA mine-safety and violation records for this operator, see miningincidents.org →

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